Four men and a woman in front of a sod house with a door and a stovepipe showing. From left to right: Andrea Springan, Henry Springan of Stanley, N.D., Tom Springan, Abraham Bjornstad of Hoople, N.D., and Jacob Rollefstad of Hoople, N.D.

Four men and a woman in front of a sod house with a door and a stovepipe showing. From left to right: Andrea Springan, Henry Springan of Stanley, N.D., Tom Springan, Abraham Bjornstad of Hoople, N.D., and Jacob Rollefstad of Hoople, N.D.

A group of four log buildings with pitched sod roofs and chimneys. In front of the buildings on a sidewalk made of planks is Charles Cavileer and his wife holding a parasol. The other woman, identified only as an Indian woman, is wearing a shawl...

A group of four log buildings with pitched sod roofs and chimneys. In front of the buildings on a sidewalk made of planks is Charles Cavileer and his wife holding a parasol. The other woman, identified only as an Indian woman, is wearing a shawl...

Interior of a sod house, with two curtained windows showing, and a patch-work quilt on a metal frame bed. There is a book (face down) and a mail-order catalog on a round table with a tablecloth. There are also books in and above (in the rafters) a...

Interior of a sod house, with two curtained windows showing, and a patch-work quilt on a metal frame bed. There is a book (face down) and a mail-order catalog on a round table with a tablecloth. There are also books in and above (in the rafters) a...

Sod house with Marget Bakken at the door with a wash basin in her hand. John Bakken stands in left foreground with spade in hand. In right foreground are their two small children, Tilda and Eddie (wearing a dress). By house is a dog and plant in...

Formal studio family portrait of elderly couple with their seven adult children. The image contains five males and four females. The second male from the left and the second female from the right in the back row appear to have been inserted by the...

Group of fifteen men posing on and around a steam engine. In the background is an elevator. The man behind the wheel of the steam engine is Fred Hultstrand. His brothers, Mandus, Andy, and Alfred are pictured but not identified. Fred's father,...

Group of fifteen men posing on and around a steam engine. In the background is an elevator. The man behind the wheel of the steam engine is Fred Hultstrand. His brothers, Mandus, Andy, and Alfred are pictured but not identified. Fred's father,...

Aerial view looking west on Main Avenue in Fargo, N.D., with the 2300 Block of Main Avenue in the foreground. Businesses visible in the foreground are Simonson Lumber, M & J Auto Parts, O’Day Equipment Co., and Ames Ready Mix Co. Main Ave., I-29...

View, looking east, of wood bridge over the railroad tracks on Twelfth Avenue North. Two automobiles parked on edge of bridge and a young man standing by bridge. In distance railroad cars under bridge. Center portion of bridge is of metal trestle...

Aerial photograph looking north over downtown Fargo, N.D. In the foreground are the back sides of the buildings in the 600 block of Main Avenue, including Block 6 (the old deLendrecie's building). Also visible is the Northern Pacific Depot, and...

Aerial view over downtown Fargo, N.D. showing the Fargo National Bank Building in the foreground. View is looking north up Broadway, with F. W. Woolworths, Herbst Department Store and the First National Bank building visible. The Greyhound Lines...

Aerial looking north over the American Crystal Sugar headquarters in Moorhead, Minn. View shows the Red River of the North with the N.P. Avenue/Center Avenue Bridge in the foreground, and the 1st Avenue N. and bridge in the distance.

Evening view looking south on Broadway from just north of the N. P. Avenue intersection. Visible is the White Building, the First National Bank, and in the distance the Fargo National Bank building. There are electric lights in the small trees...

Aerial view looking east from over the construction site of the Park View Terrace Apartments in Moorhead, Minn. 1st Avenue N. is visible along the right side of the image with the Great Northern Railroad Tracks crossing over the it midway. The Red...

View looking west on 2nd Avenue N. showing buildings on the south side of the street. The Kesler Block was a three story brick building with Classical Revival elements. Businesses visible are Fargo Linoleum Co., North Dakota Paint, The Keg liquor...

Upright stone monument with caption "Oil was first discovered in North Dakota by Amerada Petroleum Corporation April 4, 1951. This Williston Basin discovery, Clarence Iverson No. 1, opened a new era for North Dakota and reaffirmed the confidence of...

Color view showing two story brick jail and sheriff's residence with a hip roof (left), and the Stutsman County Courthouse, a two and a half story Gothic Revival brick building with tower at corner of building (right).

Two story Classical Revival style home with screened-in front porch, with balustrade on second level. Forward facing gable in attic level of house has Palladian window. The porch is supported by Tuscan columns.

View looking out from booth at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds showing several people walking on the street in front. Visible are a couple eating corn dogs, two children with a balloon, and a woman and a man standing near the window of the booth....

View looking down a path with a woman walking on it holding a vessel on her head. In the distance is a cart with two men and drawn by mules. To the right of the path is a small canal and some field crops.